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7 - 0 cuRRESPONDENTS. 4. ,* We art snrry that we are obliged to defer the excellent I. tier front llx :rANNIC US to COIO3ICI W Alt DL F., but we hope to iltsert it without fail To-morrow : - MAILS, ,kaR vED -.I Dublin, 3 Waterford. - Dus-3-Gottcnburgh, Nialtai I Waterford. - • 4 : VRICE OF STOCKS •, TILTS LAY AT TWF.LVE O'CLOCK CO3SOIS 'Hill Red. Ann. - THE SUN. •OLLM QUIS DICIRII rALsvm AuotAr L 0 ,N D 0 N, THURSDAY, AUGU6T 10, 1809. No - intellience whate, , er, respeaing the Expe tyn, retched GJvcrament when this Paper w.ls put lo PiLss. We have just received the taolving Letter from Poctstno , :it h, t'aled yesterday alterodon " Ilis Majesty's Ship Diana, with Sir SIDNEY Smith, from, the Brazils, has just arrived." Seven o'Clock. " Sir SYDNEY SMITH has just landed." t,ust inght Paris Papers to the 31st reached t(l,va. They contain .the 29th Bulletin of the French Artiiy, dined "V;enna, .the 13.2:1 • July. This docu ment is rentailobly barren of information, partial hirly with respert to the point upou which we me at present the most interested,. viz. the execution of the ArltiitiCe. it states, indeed, that General REG VIER 0 - Ccupies" Presburgh ;" but whether the other stipulations oi the Ar►iiiiiice have been complied with ; or whether atry obstacles have arisen to pre- Ve tinir execution, we are not told. The fortress of Gratz was, according to the terms cf the Armi stice, to be given up to, the. French on the 16th ult. and yet, on the 22d, they had not got possession of it : the Bulletin only says,- that it was expeaed that Marshal MACDONALD would enter Gratz on that day, viz. tEe 221 The report . of BuoNAraart having left Vienna on the 15th, for the purpose of mturning to P s tris, appears to have been unfounded ; The Bulletin does not talk of hip departure, but 6.71, that he is employed every morui:ig lu revie...v ing lois guards. Out Readers will see by the account that we have given of the Meeting which yesterday took place on the subjett of Parliamentary Reform, that certain mint, who have long been attempting to disturb the petylic mind, and to introduce speculative schemes, Ijj calculated to overturn our good old CousfitutiOnare . not be diverted from their puepose,Whatever may be the state of the Country, and however powerfhl its direct Enemy may beconie. Major CART WRIG UT, W 110 took the lead in this Meeting, and was the chief procuoter of it, was obliged to pay an involuntary tri bate to the excellence of our Constitution, and the moderation of our Government, when he stated that be had been labouring far thirty years in sup , porting . hisi,isionary planse , and we all know what a restless chara4ter he Ws' been, yet that not a hair of his. head .bad suirered any injury, and hence be urged the people lobe firm and resolute in their at leropts to procure a Reform, as they had nothing to fear.-e-The Major and 11:s party have, indeed, no thing to fear from the 'severity of Government, 'bait , they would have every t hing to fear if their own prin ciples were to'be carried into effe.i.t, as the horrors el a French Revolution, and a consequent military despotism, might be the probable consequence. The Major thoaght proper to refer to Lord SELZIRECS ex eeilent Famehlet on the subjed of Parliamentary Re fin le, mid the Major, no doubt, found it a more con ettiete :node ofauswering that excellent Pamphlet by Be leues,leg a clisiederly meeting in a rambling ha rangee, titan by attempting to refute the sound .d.tetrines it contains, through the medium of the yub i 4 Press, which, however, has long groaned under. the Major's ponderous lucubrations.—The idea ; of a iriapergic Jitlirm was again treated with contempt by the chief Orators of the day ; and, as a proof of the candour and liberality which chara6ter i...ra the Meeting in.general, Mr. Mseersn, one of the Members for the. County, and a. gentleman of uninyeached integrity, with very great difficulty :multi obtain a hearing, and was prevented by the violent and factious spirit which prevailed, from ex itr,,sing his sentiments in as Assembly, avowedly held for free discussion !!. The Court Ga.7.ette of Amsterdam, of the 25th ult. contains an Article on the State of Holland, wlticlt et,:tos to have been insidiously wtitten, in a st rain ut irony, assooled compliment to the State of the Country and its present Government ; fut, while it affects to deplore the melancholy condi tiott io which the other countries of Europe are re duced, it ,a s, that Holland has been able to main taw its gr,;un , !, while other Powers have fallen; that the tin aces of the other States have brought t;! c 4 .1 to badirui tcy, 11)11and i As the gool f r - tune to find it! if in the path of:improver:lent—a - kat, 1 , it has not been obliged to subunit. to the caprice of an arbitrary G ,verninew, nor to groan under the despotic 1 insolence Ora Conqn?ror—thar its last hope has not ' 1 been torn-irorn it, and t!:a', it has - reason to thank Prov.idenco for having cc>nducteci it to a real state, or at Isast a real right of iticitpeuactree..aml political existence. Such an account of the state of Holland, wiiich is direaly the reverse of truth, savours of bit ter sarcasm rather than of pa!rio:ic congratulation, and it i ,somewhat extraordinary indeed that it shoul..l have fouud its way into the Royal.qazette. An Opposition Paper having noticed the day of thanksgiving appointed on the gth ult. in America, for the blessings of peace so long enjoyed by the United States, asks, when the dilapidated countries of Europe shall oiler the tii;nte of pious gratitude for the same deliverance from the calamities of war Serely, it would have been natural, when breath ing such an apostrophe, to' refer to the chief, and indeed only cause of the ealarnities which have so long afflided the countries.of Europe. The Usurper of France is that cause ; as long as lie lives, and is permitted to•iodulge his ambition in overturning ail legimate Goverutuents, in older to confer new throoes upon his family and his. minions, it is iti vain for the countries of Europe to look for . the bles sings of peace. .But those countries have too much reason to blame themselves for the continuance of the calamities which they deplore, for if they bad not so tamely submitted to the Conqueror, he Might have been induced to pause in his career, and to have confined all his attention to the security of the throne which he has usurped in Fiance. A re solute struggle for independence in the several States of Europe which groan under Ftenctr oppres sion,s might soon enable them to throw off the yoke, notwithstanding the vast military poWer which the Tyrant possesses. It is well known that the French themselves disapprove of the war against Spip i ond while Frenchmen retain any thing of the nature ot. mankind, they must engage with "reluclance in the attempt to subjugate a people who haVe never of fended them, and who,, on the contrary, were com pelled by their former. Government, for many. years . , to make every sacrifice, in order to secure the fa vour, or rather to escape the vengeance of BooNA rAnaa. Nothing, however, can satiate the ambi , tion of the Tyrant, and the unhappy Spaniards are doomed, if he is successful, •to add to the number of his wretched vassal State's. The Opposition Writers, therefore, when, they mention the calami r ties of war, shoo ld'refer to its sole cause, and en-' deav our to rouse the nations of Europe to art asset - . Lion of their rights against a tyrannical Opy+ressor, who is the only author of those calamities, and should also do justice to their own country, whi c h has not only set, an example of an independent spi. rit, determined to maintain its rights, but lies' zealously and generously contributed its aid to every State that was disposed to resist the attacks of the greatest Tyrant that ever appeared to disturb the tranquility of mankind: Whatever may-be the is sue, then, of the struggle which is still making to check the efforts : of the Tyrant, Great Britain will for ever hold the' most hon ourable rank in th e re cords of history, as the Country that evinced an un conquerable zeal in its own defence, and rendered all the assistance in its power to etiet the deliverance, and secure the independence of every other State, Yesterday His MAJESTY arrived at the Queen's Palace, froth Windsor, and was received on his ar rival by their ROyal Highnesses the Dukes of YORK, CUMBERLAND, CAMBRIDGE, KENT, and SUSSEX. His MAJESTY held- a Private Levee soon after two. o'clock, which was attended by—. . . The Lord Chancellor, the 13i:ihop of London, the' nuke of Porth.nct, the Earl of Liverpool, Earl Bathurst, the Earhot . WeArnorland, V6 - count Castlereagh, Loid Mulgtdvc, Lord fleathfiell, Lord St. Helen', (in wai!iiiK), Sir David -D4n das, Mr: Canning, Mr. PercevAl, and :Vlr. Viiliers (Croons in waiting). The following had the honour of being presmted to his MAJESTY Admiral L'ord Gamt►icr, on his yeturn from sea. Sir George Yonge, Colonel-Commandant, .on hi.%.return from Ceylon. Mr. Johnson, judge of the Supreme Court of *Ceilon, on lexve of abs,znce. M r. Stuart, on his return from Spain. His MAJESTY afierwardS held a Privy Council, and gave audience to the Duke of PORTLAND ' 'dnd the rest of the Cabinet Ministers., About half past five his MAJthY left town for Vi:ndsor. The Austrian . official account of the battle of Wagram has at length made its appearance; and it is stated in articles from Dresden 'to be con formable in me most essential points to the enemy's Bulletins. 'lt concludes with the following ex.- pre3sions : • " The Austrion army has sustained a vast lnsq.— It deprived, by the death of Gen. Nortuahnof an Otiicer of the cno4t distinguished merit. No hopes are entertained of the recovery of (3,•ver Vrcsay, D'Aspre, and Vukassyvieh. Among Cie Generals less dAngerously' wounded are, tfw of Hesse-Hornbourg, Gen,2rals Ssaiterliiin an.? Paar, and his Imperial Ili? 4 ,liness the Arclujo!,e. Charles, who, with the Pi . ince received musket wounds, .Whlat'Will - not, r!ox ever, be attended with any serio.l.s.consq.:4-,acf,,i." PARIS PAPERS. TtVEN'TY-NINTH BULL El IN. " VIENNA, :JULY, 22. ---Generals Durosnels and Foolers have returned to the head-quarters. All our surmises with respe& to the fate of the former have proved erroneous. He was not wounded, and had no horse killed under him ; but' as he was Coming back from carry m o at he Duke of Montebello the order for 'eoncentrattig his movements on account of the destruction of the bridges, on the 22d of May, he crossed a hollow where he found twenty- fi ve hus sars, whom he fancied formed one of our out-posts. Ho did not perceive they were Austrians until they. had made lirn their prisoner. , As we had been so long without hearing from him, as well as from other probable reasons, we thought he ,had been " The General of Division'Regnier has taken the Command of the Saxons, and occupies Presburgh. " Marshal Macdonald is gone to take possession of. the citadel of Gratz, which it is expeeted he will enter to-day. " The Marshal Duke of Ragusa encamps with his corps on the heights of Krems. • " His Ituperial Majesty passes his guards in review every morning. The velites and toot grenadiers of the Italian guard are remarkable for their excellent order. " Prince John de Lichtenstein, on bis return from Buda, was presented on the ttith inst. to his Imperial Majesty. He was bearer of a letter from the Envetor of Austria. " Count Bubna, Major-General and Aid-de camp to the Emperor of Austriii, has dined 'several times with Count Champagny. The commercial boats, which the events of the War had scattered in various direaions, have been colletted and repaired on the banks of the Danube. They come every day laden with wood, vegetables, corn and flour. " The whole army is encamped." By a Decree dated from the Imperial - camp at Schoenbrunn, July 18th, his Majesty has named Colonels - Doperroux, of the 113th regiment, Kozi nowski, of the 2d regiment of the-Vistula, Daigre moni, of the 13th regiment of Cuirassiers, St. Cyr I\,Tugues, Chief of the Staff of the third corps of the army of Spain : Haxo, Commandant of the Engi neers belonging to the same corps, Devatlens, of the 4th regiment of Hussars, and Meyer, Aid-de- Camp to Geueral Suchet, Utficers'of the Legion of Honour; and Lieutenants i!ticiteres, Deslotnbes, and-Ricoux,. privates of the Legion of Honour. By the same Decree, the Emperor has ordered the distribution of ninety-seven decorations of the Le gion of Honour among the regiments belonging to the third corps of the Army of SPain, which distin guished themselves most AY the • battles of Saragossa and Beichite. VIENNA, JULY 15.-It is stated that the French and A‘ustrian Plenipotentiaries, who are to conclude and sign the "Reilly of PeaCO, will meet at Brunn; and Get:eral Count Andreossy, and Prince Lichten stein, are pointed out as the persons enttusted.With that important mission. Nothing has yet transpired of the negociations which have already taken place. It is only remarked, that the greatest aetivity'pre vails in the office of Count Champagny, Minister for Foreign. Affairs. , His Excellency repairs every day to Schoenbrtinn, and spends several hours -with his Imperial' Majesty. Many promotions have taken place in the army. We ere fold that his Majesty has presented the cross of the Legion of Honour to General Narbonne, Go vernor of Haab. General Mathien Dumas fins the office of Chief of the Staff of the army under'r'he command of Ma jor-Generar the Prince of Neufchatel. Three dap after the battle of Wagrarn, the fol lowing order of the day was published : HeAd-quartert, Wolkerscionf, Ply 9. " The day of Enzersdorff, and the decisive WC- Ale of Wagram, hive crowned with success the most complete and the most gtorions campaign for our armies which their toils and preceding battles had prepared. The enemy has lost an immense number of standards, Go pieces of cannon, and it s,w° pri soners. The field of aaion is covered with his dead, and all the neighbouring villages are filled with his wounded. •" His Imperial Majesty expresses hi n t approba tion of the condudt of the whole army. "The artillery, by their vigorous attacks, the en gineers, poutooners, and sailors, as well by the rapi dity with which they fixed the bridges under the tire of the enemy, as by the immense labours through which, in a few days, they have secured the pass age of the army over the last arm of the Danube and the islands, raised .entrenchments, and opened roe ds for our troops, have greatly contributed to the fonunate results of the battles of Etucersdortf and Wagrani. The Emperor also expresses his particu lar approbation of their conduit. (Signed) • '"ALEXAiIDER, Major-General." • JULY 1 B.—Ai . ibe present moment, viten part of the aim} , got:¢ into cantonments, and the other .is about to encamp, it is thought proper to give as much publicity as possible to the tolio , .ing order of the day, dated from. the. Imperial head-quarters at Wolkersdorff "The aaroach of the harvest,.and the necessity orrene'iving our reson;ces, require that the greatest attention should be paid to the preservation of the ripened corn, a:ul that proper tileastircs be taken to secure its produce. A. rigorous observance ot the re, , ulation of the Bth of June is alone able to proted the pe-sons and property of the inhabitants of the country.' The severe e•karnpis which have been made, and even thejast alts of miercy of the Emperor,' have revealed to the army it tirtn, intention ot pot tiog.an end to devastation.; of the most criminal and dariger:;wi naturd which base take place. " Lit guilts 'and Gcottals in Chief shall once t. ore prohibit the foragin t ..4 in fields where the corn is-ripe. They shall take care that no village or field be set on Lire. They shall' recall to their habi tations, and take under their protection, the country Prople, who cannot cease to tear, and re.utne their usetol i beers, Until all the soldiers of the army, no lot , gcr blind to their ry.vn interest, shall observe !he strictest discipline, and succeed by then - conduct, to ermy hnqbanciman with confidence. (Signed) ALRXANDIR, " ince tg Not khate The division of the army commanded by the Dukt• 'of Ragusa shall in tUtu re be denominated the Eeventh Corps ; that of Marshal Oudinot continues to be called the Second Corps, as it way whilst under the command of the late Duke of Montebello. JULY vie—The Emperor visited yesterday the field of baetle of Wacrram. His Majesty was struck with grief at the deplorable state to which the fire of both armies has reduced the neighbouring vitlagtsi acrd, it is said, ordered every possible assistance to be afibrded to \ their inhabitants. A new demand for lint and rags has been made to the citizens of Vienna. Too. many, praises cannot be bestowed on the ladies of that city, for their zeal and humanity in obeyin,g, and even anticipating the injun&ions of the Govern ment, for the relief of the wounded. The greatest part of the army is about to encamp, and they al ready begin to build barracks tOr the Imperial guard. The negociations prOceed, and the little information that transpires, although by no means authentic, is sufficient to dispel every apprehension of the re newal of hostilities. Many necessary and considera ble sacrifices, on the part of Austria, are mentioned; but they are the price of peace, which can only be obtained.and secured through them. It is also stated that the Emperor Francis agrees to send 60,q00 men to join the French army in an expedition against Turkey but this is merely a rumour, which wants confirmation. JULY lb.—Mr. de Hoppe, Secretary in Chancery of the Court and State, was arrested here, at the end of last month, by order of the French Authori ties. But through the - .solicitations of his wife, he has been allowed to remain in his own house guard ed by gens d'armes. It is said that he is IQ serve as' an hostage for Mr. de Thurman' , the French Intendant at 'Bayreuth, who was carried away by the Austrians; Mr. de Zatolisko, Counsellor at Court, belonging to . the Administration of the Police, has been arrested on the same grounds. PARIS,. JULV 2g.—The Prince of Porte Corvo ar rived here two days ago. In conformity to the orders contained in the let ter of his Majesty the Emperor and King, dated July 13, from his Imperial camp at Znaim, in Mo ravia, and addressed to the Israelitish Consistory at Paris, by his Excellency the Minister for Divine Worship, on Sunday next, the 30th instant, prayeiii and thanksgivings will be offered to the Most High, in the Jewish Temple of the street St. Avoie, far the viaories of Enzersdortf and \Vagrant, in whio l the God of Armies has so evidently fought with the warriors of France.. JULY 30.—His Majesty has ordered an immediate stop to be put to the reprisals lately decreed against the subjeEtS of the Dey of Algiers, as the Dey 1 10 ° given satisfaation for his conduet towards Mr. Du bois Thainville, and the Frenchmen in his dominions- In consequence, the sequestration laid on his vessels and goods ig raised. _ His Majesty also revives the decree of September 6, I 808, relative to colonial produce coining Holland, and which bad been annulled by the de" cree of the it tit June last. No colonial produce coining, through Holland shall therefore be admitted on the territory of the French Empire, whatever ts= the mode of ins importance'', or the certificates %id' which it is attended. MUNSTER, JULY 22.—Flis Majesty the King of Westphalia is expected at Hanover, which place A General Iteubell entered the Igth the beim' of 6000 We3tphalian troops. CMSEL, JULY 22.—His Majesty has orgzniz i by a Lite decree, a b2ttalion of tia ti ona l g u ards, corn" posed of eight companies, one of which is to cons igt e d of grenadiers, and another of chasseurs, containing each Itt4 efnatve men, officers included. AUGSBURGII, JULY VO.-7—Certain intelligence has reached us, that after the departure of the Duke e Ragusa, the Austrians, almoSt instmiy, aga i n took , possession of a part of Lower Stiria; but the vra" vince will, by virtue of the armistice of Zn:litn, be shortly given up to the. French truops. It cssentiltilf contributes at the present moment, by it t e rtilitP e to the supply of Lower Austri3, and particularly 01 Vienna, with provkions. Gratz, the capital, ' one of the most important towns belonging to th e Austrian Monarchy. Marshal Macdonald's core has been ordered to take up cantonments in di e province. M tnuctr, JULY 29.—Although the Austrian AO" jot . Telmer, who commands the insurgents of ti' 6 Tyrol, was- informed of the armistice of be had on the 17th, the audacity to make a geneq i i attack upon the positions of the Bavarian Gener al Count d'Areo. He gained and kept possession fo r an hour of the town of Martian, but was at length' defeated, and driven into the mountains with ccry siderable loss. MADRID, JuLT 20.—His Majesty's last laboor 4 have been dedicated to a consideration of the co ndi' tion of persons employed by the State, and O a adoption of an equitable s);stem for reform, Ll° d the granting of pensions to those who retire fill office. The. old Government , had vainly al temPt'; to correct the abuses existing in that part of the A ministration. The reward due to services ways tell to the share of . intrigue. Emplovioc ll and: pensions were multiplied, in proportion t the nntnher of persons itl:ended to be served ; places were subje:ited to an ince4ant [notation cli t cult to be conceived. Ignorance and effrontery Q l7- tamed the posts claimed in vain by talent and l il t ; struCtion, and discouragement sprang from such °, ill-contrived organisation. The numerouq tax torn from the labours of many unhappy were scarcely sufficient to pay all i he pensions so it ) considerately lavished away - . The Decree issued } , his MaYesty, which insures pensions of retreat to 1 1 )( ) 4 who are employed in his service, secures at o' lc , their zeal and gratitude, nod will prove one of °l '. greatest benefits conferred upon his people. • On Monday night, after the family of Mr. 1 -' 1 •;: gas, had retired to rest at their house, No. to, -I' place, Miry-le-bonne, one of the servants in the tio . was awoke by a rumbling noise, which with a viblent shock. of the building, which O r ; three stories - high, and 17.3 not been built m ole 0 .' 4 seen years. The whole of the tamlly, consisto.% of seven persons, escaped from the lop and bot!°' e, .of the home, with the exception of an apPre'" f c or just in time to avoid being buried in the rains, ti er two upper stories tell in, and part of Stu 61 , 1 0 ,5 wall. The apprentice, whose name is Mow , two hours in thernins, but he providonti) ll Y raped without injury.